{"id":46556,"date":"2026-04-27T19:46:13","date_gmt":"2026-04-27T19:46:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/46556\/"},"modified":"2026-04-27T19:46:13","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T19:46:13","slug":"iran-accuses-europe-of-double-standards-and-hypocrisy-on-sanctions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/46556\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran Accuses Europe of Double Standards and \u2018Hypocrisy\u2019 on Sanctions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/124179.webp\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Ursula von der Leyen President of the European Commission, Esmaeil Baqaei, spokesperson for Iran\u2019s Foreign Ministry<\/p>\n<p>TEHRAN, Apr 27: Esmaeil Baqaei, spokesperson for Iran\u2019s Foreign Ministry, sharply criticized remarks by Ursula von der Leyen over sanctions on Iran, calling the measures \u201cinhumane\u201d and accusing European leaders of \u201cdouble standards and hypocrisy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The reaction came after von der Leyen said at a press conference in Berlin that it would be \u201ctoo early\u201d to lift sanctions on Iran, citing human rights concerns and stressing that a \u201cfundamental change\u201d would be required before any easing.<\/p>\n<p>Responding on social media, Baqaei said the sanctions \u201cwere designed to trample the basic rights of ordinary Iranians\u201d and argued that von der Leyen\u2019s comments \u201conly further demonstrate Europe\u2019s ruling class\u2019 double-standard and hypocrisy, and hasten Europe\u2019s embarrassing descent into irrelevance.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The criticism follows a decision by the Council of the European Union last month to impose additional sanctions over alleged human rights violations, particularly linked to the suppression of protests earlier this year.<\/p>\n<p>Tehran has consistently rejected such accusations, maintaining that its actions are in line with domestic law and national security priorities, while European officials defend the sanctions as necessary accountability measures.<\/p>\n<p>The exchange highlights deepening tensions between Iran and the European Union, with both sides holding firm positions on sanctions, human rights, and diplomatic engagement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ursula von der Leyen President of the European Commission, Esmaeil Baqaei, spokesperson for Iran\u2019s Foreign Ministry TEHRAN, Apr&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":46557,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[137],"tags":[29293,5651,29294,307,16967,34,738,7671,1434,29295,403],"class_list":["post-46556","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ursula-von-der-leyen","tag-accuses","tag-and","tag-double","tag-europe","tag-hypocrisy","tag-iran","tag-of","tag-on","tag-sanctions","tag-standards","tag-ursula-von-der-leyen"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@people\/116478396542927996","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46556","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46556"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46556\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/46557"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46556"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46556"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46556"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}